At the Carbon Trust Iain works on a variety of low carbon innovation and business support programmes, including the Energy Innovation Needs Assessments and the Transforming Energy Access programme on behalf of the UK government.

Iain has previously worked in a number of consultancy roles in Europe and the Middle East focused on the commercialisation of new renewable energy solutions. Prior to this Iain held a postdoctoral research associate position at the Clean Energy Institute in Seattle, researching the design of new photovoltaic materials.

Iain has a PhD in Chemistry from Imperial College London focused on thin film photovoltaics, and has authored over 15 academic papers and patents in this area.